Good antivirus for Win98

I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
endorsed for the Win98 OS?

As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?

TIA!
JK

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JK <jk@nomarketers.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
> people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
> virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
> for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
> endorsed for the Win98 OS?
>
> As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
> 2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
> it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?
>
> TIA!
> JK

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:00:02 GMT, JK (jk@nomarketers.com) wrote:

>I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
>people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
>virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
>for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
>endorsed for the Win98 OS?
>
>As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
>2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
>it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?
>
>TIA!
>JK
I have used it on many computers with OS's from win95 to XP pro and
have had no complaints from any of my customers.
Since win98 is no longer supported by Microsoft, or will not be soon,
I doubt that they will be testing for that OS for long.
I would and do recommend it to all my customers for all OS;s

Taff.............



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jk@nomarketers.com wrote:
> I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
> people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
> virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
> for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
> endorsed for the Win98 OS?
>
> As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
> 2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
> it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?
>
> TIA!
> JK

There's Sygate and Kerio, both of which are excellent aplications. Then
of course Zone Alarm.

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 01:59:21 GMT, John <jtarin@ultimate-anonymity.com>
wrote:

>jk@nomarketers.com wrote:
>> I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
>> people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
>> virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
>> for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
>> endorsed for the Win98 OS?
>>
>> As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
>> 2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
>> it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?
>>
>> TIA!
>> JK
>
>There's Sygate and Kerio, both of which are excellent aplications. Then
>of course Zone Alarm.

These are all firewall programs, not Anti virus.

Taff............



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John <jtarin@ultimate-anonymity.com> wrote in message
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> jk@nomarketers.com wrote:
<snip>
> There's Sygate and Kerio, both of which are excellent aplications. Then
> of course Zone Alarm.

But they're firewalls.........lol, the OP wanted antivirus products. <gg>

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"JK" <jk@nomarketers.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
> people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
> virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
> for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
> endorsed for the Win98 OS?
>
> As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
> 2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
> it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?
>
> TIA!
> JK

"Steven Burn" <services@it-mate.co.uk> wrote in message news:<btnlec$95aa7$1@ID-213556.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> eScan Antivirus Toolkit
> http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Steven Burn
> Ur I.T. Mate Group
> www.it-mate.co.uk
>
> Keeping it FREE!
> Disclaimer:
> I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
> JK <jk@nomarketers.com> wrote in message
> gerome_71@yahoo.fr
> gedd123@free.fr
> news:k2cuvvc24ecd45rkh718fp4mllit0d5q6q@4ax.com...

AntiVir

In article <k2cuvvc24ecd45rkh718fp4mllit0d5q6q@4ax.com>, JK (jk@nomarketers.com) says...
> I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
> people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
> virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
> for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
> endorsed for the Win98 OS?
>
> As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
> 2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
> it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?
>
> TIA!
> JK
>
If you are just going to use the VBA awards as a guide to which AV to get , then you will be changing your AV every month .Even the great kaspersky has failed many times.Unless you are a subscriber to VBA you wont know the full details on why An AV passed or failed.Heres an intresting example of what i mean...
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archi...ducts.xml?table.
Most users of freeware choose either avg ,avast or antivir.You can use avg and avst on the same system as long as you are not using both as resident scanners.I use avast as a main resident scaner and use AVG on demand.
me
me

"Steven Burn" <services@it-mate.co.uk> wrote in message news:<btnlec$95aa7$1@ID-213556.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> eScan Antivirus Toolkit
> http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Steven Burn
> Ur I.T. Mate Group
> www.it-mate.co.uk
>
> Keeping it FREE!
>
> Disclaimer:
> I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
>
>
> JK <jk@nomarketers.com> wrote in message
> news:k2cuvvc24ecd45rkh718fp4mllit0d5q6q@4ax.com...
> > I'm looking for the best freeware antivirus for Win98. I know most
> > people use AVG (Grisoft) or AVAST! (Awil), but neither has passed the
> > virus bulletin test recently **for the Win98 OS** (though both passed
> > for XP OS). If I'm not mistaken, both are endorsed by ISCA, but are they
> > endorsed for the Win98 OS?
> >
> > As far as I can tell, the last time AVG passed for Win98 was in June
> > 2003. I don't know if it hasn't been tested on Win98 since then, or if
> > it just hasn't passed since then. Anyone?
> >
> > TIA!
> > JK

I've been using AntiVir for quite a while on '98 & it works well.
They also update their database frequently (pretty much daily). You
can get it from http://www.free-av.com/index.htm